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Top 10 WI Counties- FY2015, Federal Contract revenues based on Place of Performance and include largest contractor

1.       Winnebago - Oshkosh Defense
2.       Dane - Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation
3.       Milwaukee - Industries for the Blind
4.       La Crosse - Logistics Health Inc.
5.       Monroe - Northern States Power Wisconsin
6.       Waukesha - Clark's Trading Co.
7.       Brown - Krueger International Incorporated
8.       Rock - Coltec Industries / Fairbanks Morse Engine
9.       Jefferson - Didion, Inc.
10.     Kenosha - Snap-On Industrial, Div. IDSC Holding LLC


UPCOMING EVENTS
2/16/16
Acquisition Hour: Export Controls: Export Administration Regulation (EAR)
Webinar

2/23/16
Acquisition Hour: Flow-Down Causes - Management & Responsibilities for Federal Contractors
Webinar
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2/17/16
 Acquisition Hour: Answering to a Source Sought & Interested Party List
Webinar
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2/25/16
USFS Forest Products Laboratory & Northern Research Station Industry Day
Madison 

  Federal Acquisition Regulations: FAR Case 2014-004, Payment of Subcontractors

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a section of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. This statute requires contractors to notify the contracting officer in writing if the contractor pays a reduced price to a small business subcontractor, or if the contractor's payment to a small business contractor is more than 90 days past due.  https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/01/20/2016-00950/federal-acquisition-regulations-far-case-2014-004-payment-of-subcontractors  
 
SBA Revises Employee-Based Size Standards for Manufacturing and Other Industry Sectors
--The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
published two final rules to revise small business size standards for Manufacturing industries in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 31-33 and industries with employee-based size standards that are not a part of NAICS Sector 31-33, Sector 42 (Wholesale Trade), and Sector 44-45 (Retail Trade).  The final rules were published in the Federal Register on January 25th and will be effective February 26, 2016.
 
As part of its comprehensive size standards review required by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, SBA evaluated employee-based size standards for all 364 industries in NAICS Sector 31-33 and 57 industries and five exceptions that are not in NAICS Sectors 31-33, 42, or 44-45 to determine whether they should be retained or revised.
In the first final rule, SBA increased size standards for 209 industries in Sector 31-33.  SBA also increased the refining capacity component of the Petroleum Refiners (NAICS 324110) size standard to 200,000 barrels per calendar day total capacity for businesses that are primarily engaged in petroleum refining.  The rule also eliminates the requirement that 90 percent of a refiner's output being delivered should be refined by the bidder. 

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Federal Acquisition Regulation; Unique Identification of Entities Receiving Federal Awards

DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to re-designate the terminology for unique identification of entities receiving Federal awards. The change to the FAR will remove the proprietary standard or number.
H.R. 4341, the Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016
 
The U.S. House Committee on Small Business approved bipartisan legislation to expand and improve opportunities for America's small firms to compete for federal contracts. The measure, H.R. 4341, the Defending America's Small Contractors Act of 2016, was approved unanimously by the panel and now advances to the full House of Representatives for consideration.

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March 9 and 10, 2016  - Society of American Military Engineers Small Business Expo

This year's Midwest Regional SAME Small Business Expo will focus on requirements and opportunities related to ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL and RELATED TRADES in support of 6 of these 16 Department of Homeland Securities CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS:
 
1.Defense Industrial Base Sector
2. Emergency Services Sector
3. Government Facilities Sector
4. Nuclear Reactors, Material and Waste Sector 
5. Transportation Systems Sector
6. Water and Wastewater Systems Sector

 http://www.wispro.org/events/society-of-american-military-engineers-small-business-conference/